Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Colombia (Ratification: 1963)

For several years, the Committee has been pointing out that the Substantive Labour Code ought to be amended in order to enshrine expressly the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value and to bring the national legislation into line with the Convention. The Committee observes that section 5 of Act No. 823 of 10 July 2003 sets forth, as does section 143 of the abovementioned Code, a principle that is narrower than the one laid down in the Convention in that it refers to equal pay for “equal work” and not for “work of equal value”, thus precluding any comparison of jobs that are different but that warrant equal remuneration because they are of equal value. The Committee trusts that in its next report the Government will be in a position to provide information on the progress made in amending these two provisions to bring them into conformity with the principle enshrined in Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

The Committee is also addressing a request on other matters directly to the Government.